Clicko: The Wild Dancing Bushman

by Neil Parsons

Book Overview

During the 1920s and '30s, Franz Taibosh--whose stage name was Clicko--performed in front of millions as one of the stars of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Prior to his fame in the United States, Taibosh toured the world as the "Wild Dancing Bushman," showing off his frenzied dance moves in freak shows, sideshows, and music halls from Australia to Cuba. When he died in 1940, the New York Times called him "the only African...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226647412
• ISBN13: 9780226647418
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.1"